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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Centralized coordinated management of a program to achieve the program's strategic objectives and benefits






2. An information gathering technique used as a way to reach a consensus of experts on a subject. experts on the subject participate in the technique anonymously. a facilitator uses a questionnaire to solicit ideas about the important project points rel






3. Documented direction to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks






4. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.






5. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories






6. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity maybe completed based upon schedule network logic - the completion date and any constraints assigned to the schedule activities without violating a schedule constraint or delaying the project






7. Specific version of the schedule model used to compare actual results to the plan to determine if preventive or corrective action is needed to meet the project objectives






8. The date up to or through which the project's reporting system has provided actual status and accomplishments. also called as-of date and time-now date.






9. The statue - quality or sense of being restricted to a given course of action or inaction. an applicable restriction or limitation - either internal or external to a project - which will affect the performance of the project or a process.






10. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component






11. The person assigned by the performing organization to achieve the project objectives






12. The area on either side of the centerline - or mean - of data plotted on a control chart that meets the customer's requirements for a product or service.






13. Cost - time - quality - technical or resource value used as a parameter and which may be included in product specification. crossing the threshold should trigger some action.






14. Continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detailed and specific information and more accurate estimates become available as the project progresses and thereby producing more accurate and complete plans that result from the successive iterat






15. An estimating technique that uses the values of parameters - such as scope - cost - budget - and duration or measures of scale such as size - weight - and complexity from a previous similar activity as the basis of estimating the same parameter or me






16. Uncertain event or condition that has a positive or negative effect on projects objectives






17. Output from performing project management processes and activities. results include outcomes and documents.






18. Processes required to manage the timely completion of a project






19. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity may begin based upon the schedule network logic - the project completion date and any constraints assigned to schedule activities without violating schedule constraint or delaying project com






20. Estimate or prediction of conditions and events in the projects future based on information and knowledge available at the time of the forecast. information is based on the project's past performance and expected future performance






21. Document describing how project risk management will be structured and performed on the project. contains the list of project risks - the results of risk analysis and risk responses






22. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity






23. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines






24. Learning gained from the process of performing the project






25. Processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully






26. Organizational body or entity assigned various responsibilities related to the centralized and coordinated management of those projects under its domain.






27. Logical relationship where completion of the successor schedule activity is dependent upon the initiation of the predecessor schedule activity






28. Expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work breakdown structure component or project.






29. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.






30. Describes when and how human resource requirements will be met






31. Processes that organize and manage the project team






32. Implementing risk response plans - tracking identified risks - monitoring residual risks - identifying new risks and evaluating risk process throughout the project






33. Total costs actually incurred and recorded in accomplishing work performed during a given time period for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. actual cost can sometimes be direct labor hours alone - direct costs alone - or all c






34. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed.






35. Schedule activity that has a low total float.






36. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence






37. A planning technique that subdivides the project scope and project deliverables into smaller - more manageable components - until the project work associated with accomplishing the project scope and providing the deliverables is defined in sufficient






38. A histogram - ordered by frequency of occurrence - that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause






39. Authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work to be accomplished for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component






40. Application of knowledge - skills - tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements






41. Provider of products - services or results






42. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration






43. Multiple attributes associated with each schedule activity that can be included within the activity list. activity attributes include activity codes - predecessor activities - successor activities - logical relationships - leads and lags - resource r






44. Document containing the results of the qualitative risk analysis - quantitative risk analysis and risk response planning. details all identified risks including description - category - cause - probability of occurring - impact on objectives - propos






45. The process of obtaining seller responses - selecting a seller and awarding a contract






46. Response to a negative risk that has occurred - workaround is not planned in advance of the occurrence of the risk event






47. The time in calendar units between the actual start date of the schedule activity and either the data date of the project schedule if the schedule activity is in progress or the actual finish date if the schedule activity is complete






48. The smallest unit of time used in scheduling a project. calendar units are generally in hours - days - or weeks - but can also be in quarters years - months - shifts - or even minutes






49. Examining or measuring to verify whether an activity - component - product - result of service conforms to specified requirements.






50. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information